His delegation attached great importance to the process begun at Durban and to the decision to elaborate an international convention on protection and promotion of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities as an early stage of a process that should lead to the development of norms applicable to some 600 million people throughout the world, 80 per cent of them in developing countries.
Se trata de una de las primeras etapas de un proceso que facilitará la aprobación de normas que afectan a 600 millones de personas, de las que el 80% vive en países en desarrollo.